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"Rita?" Grandpa Jim looked at the girl sitting beside hissickbedwith worriesfilled in his eyes.

"Be careful! You waist has not recovered and you should stay on the bed."

"But I miss you so much." She acted like a spoiled child, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"You are a good girl." Grandpa Jim compromised with affection, but turning around, showed a stern face to Liam.

"You should take a better care of her. If she didn't recover well and soon, you'll be punished with the family rules."

Then Grandpa Jim turned to her and helped her stand up immediately, "The floor is so cold that you shouldn't sit there. Come and sit beside me."

Feeling his overwhelming tenderness, Rita almost shed tears.

Being alive again, Grandpa Jim still doted on her.

"Rita?"

Noticing she was in a trance, he called her name again.

She recollected her thoughts instantly and sat beside him.

On that day, they had a long conversation. Only when she was with him, Grandpa Jim burst into laughter instead of